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This article is part of the DC Database Recommended Reading project, a series of articles written by our editors. They are meant as a guide to help both new and sometime readers, either getting into comics for the first time or looking to read more on their favorites. These should not be taken every bit a definitive guide; obviously you tin start wherever and with whatever you lot want, only they're some general suggestions that we remember yous might notice enjoyable.

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It is of import to know your Flashes, and know which one yous're reading about. Jay Garrick was the original Flash during the Golden Historic period. His solo stories are mostly antiquated, but he appears regularly as a fellow member of the Justice Social club. Barry Allen is the classic modern Flash, whose commencement appearance marked the beginning of the Silver Historic period. Allen was a member of the Justice League, and died during the Crisis on Infinite Earths. He was resurrected over twenty years afterwards and has headlined several series' since then. Wally W was the original Kid Flash, and took over equally a replacement when Barry Allen died. W is known for being the about relaxed and humorous Flash. Bart Allen was originally Impulse, so grew upwardly to go the 2d Kid Flash, and became the Wink temporarily when Wally was missing.

New readers

• The Flash: Born to Run is the beginning of Marking Waid'south legendary era on Wally West. It is a Year 1 story detailing the early on history of Wally West as Kid Flash working with Barry Allen.
• The Wink: Wonderland is the first arc by a so-unknown Geoff Johns on Wally West. This is the beginning of Johns' legendary run. The story deals with Wally beingness sucked into a mirror globe by Mirror Principal.
• The Flash: Claret Volition Run is Geoff Johns' second Wally West storyline, get-go his long-fourth dimension collaboration with artist Scott Kolins. The story involves Wally fighting a super-speed cult lead by the new villain Cicada.
• The Wink: Lightning in a Bottle by Danny Bilson and Paul DeMeo is the kickoff story with Bart Allen every bit The Flash. Bart is speedily aged later on the events of Infinite Crisis and must acquire to replace Wally West.
• The Flash: Rebirth by Geoff Johns is an epic mini-series that reintroduces Barry Allen to the DC Universe. Final Crisis resurrected Barry later on twenty years, and this serial has him dealing with the fallout of his return. Professor Zoom returns stronger than e'er. Barry's origins are rebooted through an incident involving time travel and the Speed Forcefulness.
• The Flash: The Dastardly Death of the Rogues is Geoff Johns' kickoff arc with Barry Allen as The Flash. This spins out of Johns' earlier storyline Rebirth which brought Barry Allen back from the dead later on twenty years. It is a throwback to the Silvery Age with Barry establishing his new condition quo.
• The Flash: Move Forward by Francis Manapul and Brian Buccellato is the showtime arc in The New 52. This is a complete reboot, starring Barry Allen as the one and only Flash of the new DC Universe.

Further reading

• Last Crisis: Rogues' Revenge past Geoff Johns involves the Rogues returning home later on a year on the run. They are forced to accept dorsum their titles, and battle Libra's Clandestine Lodge of Super-Villains.
• The Flash: Blitz by Geoff Johns is an epic storyline to celebrate result #200 of the ongoing serial. Wally Westward gains a new curvation-nemesis when his close friend becomes a new Reverse-Wink, calling himself Zoom.
• The Flash: Dead Heat past Marker Waid has every speedster other than the Wink lose their powers. Wally West must fight Savitar, the leader of a speedster cult who is determined to impale every other speedster.
• The Flash: Emergency Stop by Grant Morrison and Mark Millar is a cursory experimental run that takes Wally West in some imaginative new directions, inspired by the creativity of the Silver Age.
• The Wink: Flashpoint by Geoff Johns involves Barry Allen thrust into an alternate timeline where he is no longer The Flash. Professor Zoom alters history to erase his enemy, and Barry must team upwards with Batman to restore reality.
• The Wink: Full Throttle is the 2nd and final arc with Bart Allen as The Wink. Inertia and the Rogues work together to give the new Flash the greatest fight of his life.
• The Flash: Ignition by Geoff Johns takes identify when the Spectre erases everyone'due south retention of the Flash'southward hush-hush identity. This includes Wally Westward, who must call up who he is.
• The Flash: The Return of Barry Allen by Marking Waid involves Barry Allen supposedly returning from the expressionless. Wally West is excited to take his mentor render, but chop-chop learns this man might non be what he seems.
• The Flash: Rogue War is Geoff Johns' terminal arc on Wally West. The story involves the Rogues splitting into multiple factions and tearing the Flash's metropolis autonomously through war.
• The Flash: Terminal Velocity by Marking Waid is a story that involves Wally Due west teaming up with every other speedster to battle Kobra. This story also introduces the Speed Force when Wally begins to run then fast that he's in danger of never coming back.
• The Wink: The Trial of the Flash by Cary Bates is a Bronze Age story that involves Barry Allen put on trial for murdering Professor Zoom.

Unmarried issues

• Crisis on Infinite Earths #8 -- "A Flash of Lightning!"
• DC Special Series #11 -- "Beyond the Super-Speed Barrier!"
• The Wink #105 -- "The Master of Mirrors!"
• The Flash #123 -- "Flash of Two Worlds"
• The Flash #148 -- "Doorway to the Unknown"
• The Flash #155 -- "The Gauntlet of Super-Villains!"
• The Wink #165 -- "I Benedict Too Many!"
• The Flash #174 -- "Stupendous Triumph of the Six Super-Villains!"
• The Flash #179 -- "Wink: Fact or Fiction?"
• The Wink #193 -- "Captain Cold Blows His Absurd"
• The Flash #300 -- "1981: A Flash Odyssey"
• The Wink #324 -- "The Slayer and the Slain!"
• The Flash (Book 2) #0 -- "Flashing Back"
• The Flash (Volume 2) #54 -- "Nobody Dies"
• The Wink (Book 2) #91 -- "Out of Fourth dimension"
• The Flash (Volume ii) #182 -- "Absolute Zero"
• The Flash (Book two) #190 -- "Rat Race"
• The Flash (Book 2) #197 -- "Rogue Profile: Zoom"
• The Flash (Volume 2) #212 -- "Mirror, Mirror on the Wall"
• The Flash (Volume two) #218 -- "Rogue Profile: Rut Wave"
• The Wink (Volume 3) #seven -- "What Goes Around, Comes Around"
• The Wink (Volume 3) #8 -- "Contrary-The Flash: Rebirth"
• Undercover Origins Almanac (Volume ii) #2 -- "Mystery of the Human being Thunderbolt!"
• Superman #199 -- "Superman's Race With the Flash!"

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